Are you a thinker or a feeler? An introvert or extrovert? Perhaps you have a rigid inflexible personality or exhibit anxiety-based behaviors? Do you have a passive-aggressive personality or are you prone to a borderline personality disorder? Are you a narcissist or sociopath? These different styles are how you operate naturally. The style comes to [...]
Lesson 56: Introvert Versus Extrovert
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How Do You Gain And Replenish Your Life Energy? In reality, introvert and extrovert are words that describe opposite ends of an energy continuum.
Lesson 57: Thinkers Versus Feelers
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Thinkers Often Marry Feelers, Perhaps To Get The Balance Right! A thinker organizes and structures information in order to make a decision in a logical and objective way. A feeler organizes and structures information to make a decision in a personal values oriented way.
Lesson 58: The Rigid Personality
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Do You Insist On Things Being Done Your Way? One confusing personality is the inflexible, or rigid, personality. What happens with inflexible people and people who are quite rigid is that they can only function if their particular routine, or the thing that they want to do, is adhered to.
Lesson 59: Anxiety Based Behaviors
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Jealousy – Controlling The Green Eyed Monster All of us are controlling to a certain extent. We try to make another person act or speak differently in order that we ourselves feel better.
Lesson 60: Passive Aggressive Personality
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Passive Aggressive People Do Harmful Behavior, Feigning Innocence Be mindful of how your actions and words impact on someone else. Imagine being at the receiving end of some of the things you say – would you be offended or feel put down?
Lesson 61: Borderline Personality
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Borderlines Always Move The Goal Posts The person with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is usually (but not always) a woman whose mood can change rapidly and unpredictably from warm and funny and loving to mean and raging.
Lesson 62: The Narcissist
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Ever Been Charmed By A Narcissist? The Narcissist is usually a male, self-absorbed, and lacking in empathy.
Lesson 63: The Sociopath
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Sociopaths Disguise Themselves Like Chameleons The sociopath is an extreme version of the Narcissist. Same sorts of tendencies – exploits and harms others, has no empathy – but it is even more extreme.
Lesson 64: Work Ethics – Identifying Sexual Harassment At Work
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Strategies For Dealing With Sexual Harassment Work ethics concerns not only how you feel about your job or career, but also how you do your job. This involves attitude, behavior, respect, communication, and interaction; how you get along with others.
